SUMMARY - Sustainable vs Extractive: Who Gets to Decide?
Every resource decision reflects competing visions of what land is for. Extractors see deposits to develop. Conservationists see ecosystems to protect. Indigenous peoples see territories with relationships predating either perspective. Local communities see homes, livelihoods, and futures. Whose vision prevailsāand by what processādetermines what happens to lands and waters. The question of who decides is as important as what is decided.